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Champion Ii

Past Producer in Mariposa county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10031158
MRDS ID M009757
Record type Site
Current site name Champion Ii
Related records 10140024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.97209, 37.5441 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MI NE OF KINSLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mariposa(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Feliciana Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Merced(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Mariposa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004S 018E 34 California

Comments on the location information

  • UTM EST. SEC LINES PROJECTED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.97209, 37.5441
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH & SWELL
    Strike N 67.5 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN MATTER IS IN PART MASSIVE MILKY QUARTZ AND IN PART A RIBBON-STRUCTURE OF LAMINATED WHITE & GLASSY QUARTZ INCLUDING THIN SHEETS OF SLATE WALL-ROCK. IT FOLLOWS CONTACT BETWEEN SLALY AND SCHISTOSE METASEDIMENTS AND HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE WHICH IS CUT BY SEVERAL GRANITIC PORPHYRY DIKES. THE LARGEST DIKE PARALLELS STRIKE OF VEIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years - 1889 , 1889 - 1890

Mining district

District name Kinsley

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Belle Mccord Roberts

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERED BEFORE THE 1880'S. FIVE HUNDRED TONS OF ORE TAKEN OUT 1889-90 REPORTED TO AVERAGE ABOUT $12 PER TON; IN 1919 ONLY ASSESSMENT WORK WAS BEING DONE; NO SUSTAINED MINING DONE BEFORE 1929 AND LITTLE HAS BEEN DONE IN RECENT YEARS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 396.24M
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1919 WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A 96-FT. SHAFT WITH LEVELS AT 50 AND 90 FT. 188 FT. DRIFTS, AND SHALLOW WORKINGS STRUNG OUT ALONG THE VEIN FOR OVER 1300 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOWEN, O. E., JR., & GRAY, H., JR., 1957 , MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL., VOL. 53 , NOS. 1 & 2 , P. 84-85 , 249 .

  • Deposit

    CASTELLO, W. O., 1921 , MARIPOSA COUNTY: 17TH REPORT STATE MINERALOGIST ( FOR 1920 ) , P. 110 .

  • Deposit

    AUBURY, L. E., 1903 , REGISTER OF MINES AND MINERALS FOR MARIPOSA COUNTY, CALIF., P. 10 .

  • Production

    BOWEN AND GRAY, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEIN 4-12 FT THICK
Deposit OWNER HAS RETAINED MINERAL RIGHTS ON ONE CLAIM OF ABOUT 20 ACRES WHICH IS PART OF A PARCEL OF PATENTED AGRICULTURAL LAND.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1978 Hayden, F. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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